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Colwell Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

S B P Coal Company · Facility
Distant, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3605421

MSHA record for Colwell Tipple (mine ID 3605421). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. S B P Coal Company 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Colwell Tipple sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

January 7, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S B P Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE PUSHG BLADE ARM OF A KONATSU TRACTOR. AND PLACING A JUMPER CABLE INTO POSITION TO ATTACH TO THE BATTERY ON THE TRACTOR. HE RE ACHED TO PLACE THE CABLE INTO POSITION AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK PERIENCED SEVER9 PAIN IN HIS BACK